I've always thought that lightweight image editing on Windows is oddly polarized. Even though the built-in Microsoft Paint app is more robust and faster than it used to be, it still feels like a tool ...

Paint.NET, a popular free image editor for Windows, has received a large feature update. Version 5.0 is now available for download with improved GPU rendering, pressure sensitivity, and more.

Idea: Photoshop is more than 30 years old. I'm pretty sure the underlying mechanics that people think of when they think of Photoshop is *not* patented (hello, Gimp, anyone?) so MAYBE the better ...